Media Coverage

January 2022
Article title	Source	Date
MGI's innovative gene sequencing technologies to manage future mutations	Kheleej Times	24 January 2022
UAE, Jordan and Netherlands unite to grow food in the desert	The National News	19 January 2022
Global Food Industries introduces the region's first salicornia-based burger line.	Food Dubai	12 January 2022
Rains in the UAE (Interview with Mr. Rashyd Zaaboul, ICBA)	Dubai Eye	10 January 2022

December 2021
Article title	Source	Date
Laying the Groundwork for a Food Secure Future	News Alive	28 December 2021
Laying the Groundwork for a Food Secure Future	The Economic Times	20 December 2021
Record TV Brazil report: International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)	Record TV, Brazil	20 December 2021
Developing climate smart agriculture	7xabar news Uzbekistan	17 December 2021
ICBA welcomes new board of directors	Emirates News Agency-WAM	15 December 2021
Jeonbuk Smart Farm Agricultural Technology Expected to Enter the Middle East Export Market	Jeonbuk Provincial Daily News, Korea	12 December 2021
New app for detecting diseases in plants introduced in the UAE to boost agriculture	Mashable Middle East	12 December 2021
UAE’s ICBA unveils beta version of AI-powered mobile app to help farmers	GCC Business	10 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection	Opera News	9 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection	Khaleej Times	9 December 2021
Gene bank in the Middle East desert	VTV, Vietnam	9 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection	Zawya	9 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection	Flipboard	9 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection [AR/EN] – United Arab Emirates	Bhartiya Yojanaye	9 December 2021
ICBA presents beta version of AI-powered mobile app for plant disorder detection	Relief Web	9 December 2021
UAE at 50: How the nation is advancing its food security agenda	Gulf News	2 December 2021

November 2021
Article title	Source	Date
How the UAE is innovating to feed its population	Gulf News	30 November 2021
Global Food Industries launches region’s first ever salicornia-based burger range in UAE	Gulf News	29 November 2021
GMIS 2021: China's Wenchao to invest $200m in food and beverage factory in Dubai	fra	23 November 2021
Aral Sea region in Uzbekistan to be turned into a zone of environmental innovation and ecotourism	UZ Daily, Uzbekistan	22 November 2021
How COVID-19 crisis undermined MENA states’ food security progress	Arab News	20 November 2021
Developing a user-friendly application for smallholder farmers for detection of plant disorders	Krishi Jagran	13 November 2021
To save food shortages? Pay attention to "the desert's super hero"; Salicornia!!!	Fuji Television Network, Japan	11 November 2021
To save food shortages? Pay attention to "the desert's super hero"; Salicornia!!!	Fuji Television Network, Japan (vide)	11 November 2021
Dubai International Food Safety Conference to showcase creative solutions for sustainable food systems	Emirates News Agency-WAM	11 November 2021

October 2021
Article title	Source	Date
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in UAE and abroad	Urdu Point	1 October 2021
Inauguration of the Desert Life Sciences Laboratory for Advanced Genetic Research	Middle East 24	1 October 2021
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in UAE, abroad	Emirates News Agency-WAM	1 October 2021
UAE’s ICBA unveils new genomic research facility to address food security	GCC Business	1 October 2021
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in UAE and abroad	Pakistan Point	1 October 2021
New genomic research facility on food security launched at ICBA	Sharjah 24	1 October 2021

September 2021
Article title	Source	Date
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in UAE and abroad	Khaleej Times	30 September 2021
New Dubai genomic research hub to boost the UAE's food security ambitions	Flipboard	30 September 2021
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in UAE and abroad	Zawya	30 September 2021
New Dubai genomic research hub to boost the UAE's food security ambitions	Arabian Business	30 September 2021
New genomic research facility to support food security efforts in the United Arab Emirates and abroad - ICBA, BGI partner to establish Desert Life Science Laboratory	SeedQuest	29 September 2021
Quinoa, fagioli, salicornia: il cibo del futuro si coltiva nel deserto	CAM TV, Dieta di gruppo	24 September 2021
Treated sewage effluent explored as key enhancer of UAE’s food and water security	Emirates News Agency-WAM	20 September 2021
Quinoa, fagioli, salicornia: il cibo del futuro si coltiva nel deserto	la Repubblica	19 September 2021
Dubai's International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, a global non-profit organisation that aims to strengthen agricultural productivity in marginal and saline environments	Dubai Media Office Twitter	12 September 2021
Superfoods grown in the Dubai deserts	College Heights Herald (Global events)	8 September 2021
IsDB 2021 Annual Meetings: Роль Исламской корпорации по страхованию инвестиции	UZREPORT TV	3 September 2021
This center in Dubai is growing 'future-proof' food in the desert	AGRITECTURE	2 September 2021
Dr. Tarifa Ajeif Al Zaabi: “Without partnership and cooperation it becomes impossible to reach the goals”	UZA, National News Agency of Uzbekistan	2 September 2021

August 2021
Article title	Source	Date
ICBA to help Bahrain strengthen capacity in water management	Zayed Prize magazine, page-17	31 August 2021
How the UAE is Growing Climate-Proof Food in the Desert	Xtalks	30 August 2021